Carving caricatures is a highly enjoyable way to have fun while being creative. This class will jumpstart all the skills
you need to carve small 3-dimensional figurines. Instructor Jim LeClaire
will lead you step-by-step, and by the end of class you will have created your own figurine from a block of wood, and know how to make more.

Kevin
McGuire, author of the popular book "
The
All-New Woodworking For Kids
"
provides a new project plan in each issue of Wood News. This month we're giving the downloadable plan FOR FREE.

The Popup Dragon is a traditional surprise toy for kids 6 & up! Consider making several (or a whole bunch) of these little
gems while you’re at it, as the very small parts lend themselves to multiples.

Order your free plan online by adding it to your shopping cart. After it has been processed by our staff, you
will receive an email with a link to download your plan set in PDF form.

Check back next month for another great new downloadable plan from
Kevin!

Charles Brock has singled out the specific tools he uses when building his
chairs and listed them in one place for easy selection by woodworkers
undertaking this challenging project.
Check
Out the Tools of the Trade:

Show Your Shop!
For this popular monthly column, we invite you to
SEND US PHOTOS
of your woodworking shop along with captions and a brief history and description of your woodworking. (Email photos at 800x600 resolution.) Receive a $50 store gift card if we show your shop in a future issue.

This month we are featuring Tom McMillan's Terrapin Workshop in the Smoky Mountains of Whittier, NC.

After a lot of thinking and planning, Steven gets down to business this month and finishes his "Ultimate Miter Saw Work Station". Check out all the great details here, including Festool Systainer storage, adjustable shelves for off-cuts and a wonderfully bright laminate surface.

We have two new products that pen turners will love. Tailstock pressure holds ordinary pen mandrels in place on the lathe. Trouble is, if you advance the tailstock too much, the excessive pressure can make the thin mandrel shaft flex or even bend permanently. These two products eliminate that problem, so you'll get more accurate turnings.
How do they do it?

Masterpiece Wood Finish, New 3-part oil/wax
finish

Masterpiece
Wood Finish is a new oil/wax system designed by a chairmaker to enhance the
beauty of wood for interior furniture. This system takes the guesswork out of
selecting a great finish for the fine woodworking projects in which you've
invested so many hours of work.
Check out this great new
wood finishing solution:

Question:
I was given some pre-stained solid oak flooring and I am attempting to build a front door with it. My question is two-fold:
Firstly, even though I will be sanding the surface, some residual coloring will still be there, how can I tell if it is oil- or water-based stain?
Secondly, does it matter? That is, will an oil stain cover and protect it regardless of what previous stain has been used?

When it comes to touching up small areas during the finishing process or touching up small dents and dings after the fact, touch up powders are an integral part of any good finisher/touch up artist's tools of the trade.

Rikon 10" Bandsaw
Special Purchase
Now only
$199.99
while current supplies last

This little gem has proven itself to be an excellent value as a compact bandsaw. We've sold almost 500 of them in just the past 2 years! We highly recommend it as your first bandsaw bought on a budget,
or as a second bandsaw that allows you to avoid constantly swapping blades on your main bandsaw.
This special purchase makes it extremely affordable, only while supplies last.

Pre-order the new Festool CMS Router Table now
to ship October 1, 2012

When Festool brings a new tool to the U.S. market, you can rest assured that it has been designed, built and tested to be the very best that's out there. Such is certainly the case with the new Festool CMS Router Table system. Designed to work seamlessly with the Festool OF 1400 and OF 1010 routers, the CMS System delivers maximum precision, efficiency, and ease of use without all the fuss and hassle of a patchwork system.

BREAKTHROUGH: Now shape edge tool bevels with the DMT Dia-Flat Diamond Stone
It turns out that DMT's new Dia-Flat Lapping Stone is good for more than just flattening your sharpening stones. New testing has shown that in many shops it can be used instead of ordinary electric grinders for establishing and restoring the bevel angles on plane irons and chisels.

Recently, I’ve become intrigued with the idea of using inlay to enhance the appearance of my woodworking projects. But inlay always seemed too difficult and I shyed away from it. So to prepare myself for this new endeavor, I looked around for resources that could help me develop this new skill. I found what I was looking for in Glen Huey’s DVD, Line & Berry String Inlay by Router.
CLICK HERE to read the rest of the review:

Rikon 70-050VS VARIABLE SPEED Mini-Lathe, only
$249.99

This is a great deal on a variable speed
mini-lathe. Speed is easily adjusted within each of 3 variable speed ranges
(300-700 rpm, 700-1500 rpm, and 1500-3350 rpm) simply by turning a knob. Sale
quantity limited.

I started using a 1/2" wide Wood Slicer bandsaw blade last night for the first time. What a joy to use! The first piece of 5" wide maple was resawn very easily. By the time I had cut a third piece of maple the edges produced were nearly as smooth as results achieved with a good jointer. The blade cut through a 2" wide knot without burn marks, negligible slowdown and very smooth results. I was extremely pleased with the results of the Wood Slicer bandsaw blade. Thanks!